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5/29/2025
Lucas Panzica talks about the latest developments in the NIL space in the state of Tennessee, and how the Vols are now in a standoff with the SEC over the new state law.
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There is a good old-fashioned standoff happening right now between the SEC and the University of
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Tennessee and it all has to do with the new state law in the state of Tennessee and we've got a lot
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to tell you about it coming up next. Hey Lucas Panzeke here from 104.5 The Zone and A to Z Sports
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so in case you missed it on May 1st 2025 a new state law was put into action in the state of
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Tennessee that states any university within the state's limits does not have to acquiesce to NCAA
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rules when it comes to paying its student athletes. Now this is particularly relevant because at any
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week now the house settlement will be approved which will effectively bring revenue sharing
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into college sports. That means that there will be a cap on what universities can spend on its
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student athletes and there will still be NIL but that that can be regulated by the NCAA.
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This Tennessee state law states that any schools within the state don't have to abide by those
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regulations. Now reportedly according to Ross Dellinger of Yahoo Sports, Adam Sparks of Knox News
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has done a lot of reporting on this as well. Power conferences are coming together and circulating
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a loyalty document that they are demanding every member institution sign that essentially states
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that they will acquiesce to whatever NCAA rules come out of this house settlement despite whatever
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local state laws might say. Now Tennessee has put out a statement saying that they are going to be
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compliant with these rules and obviously there's not any real threat right now of the SEC booting
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Tennessee from the conference. That feels like an insane thing to even say but that is a part of this.
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There is this threat potentially of expulsion from a conference if these member institutions
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decide not to sign this document. At least that's what's being reported. So here you go. You've got
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Tennessee backed by state law. You've got the SEC saying we need you to be able to play on a level
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playing field as everybody else and you understand Tennessee's hesitation to blindly sign up for whatever
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NCAA rules could follow in the house settlement. There are all sorts of complications with this and
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honestly in this current state of college athletics as long as there's not a collective bargaining
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agreement among current players there are going to be lawsuits every single year. There are going to
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be antitrust violations. The NCAA is going to continue to run over speed bumps as they try to
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regulate all of these power conferences and student athletes in terms of what kind of money that they are
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making. I do know one thing at every step in this new era of college athletics since NIL came into play
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Tennessee has been right there front and center whether it was using that to their advantage to
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get out of paying Jeremy Pruitt his buyout whether it was going directly to war with the NCAA to keep
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Nico Iamaljava eligible or right now with state law saying that Tennessee doesn't have to follow the
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rules that everybody else will have to follow but the SEC and other power conferences are standing firm
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saying yes you do. As is always the case in this day and age the next few weeks the next developments
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of this process will be fascinating in this climate of college athletics but the University of Tennessee
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is trying to bend the rules to their advantage right now and given the current climate I don't know how you
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can blame them.
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